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This unit was created by Jean Darnell, a former Librarian based in Texas and now the Library Director for the Philadelphia School District, as part of the 2023-2024 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program. It is designed for facilitation across Six 60-90 minute lessons or 2 weeks of 45-50 minute lessons.

For more units created by Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellows in this cohort, click here.

Unit Overview:

Students will research, analyze and determine how Artificial Intelligence or AI influences their daily lives, how AI could potentially violate their privacy, and how colleges/universities/school districts are already using AI & their biometric data to monitor their social gatherings and access to collegiate services (i.e. facial recognition for meal plans, access to buildings, etc.). Students will explore how third-party AI companies protect, share, and document legally/illegally obtained information from collegiate students and school district minors. Students will debate which policies/procedures should be included in their district or campus’s AI policy.  

Leveraging the investigative research conducted on Pulitzer Center articles throughout this unit, students will present their findings to their respective school board or technology department coordinators.

Objectives:

Students will…

  • Master formerly-known digital citizenship safety measures (cyberbullying, social media monitoring, algorithm, two-factor authentication, geolocation, data privacy, terms of service, cookies, privacy settings, opt-out, etc.) to create an AI policy for their university or school campus 
  • Describe how AI already affects their daily lives and how it affects their roles as digital citizens 
  • Discover what terminology needs to be included in university and school district policies and procedures as it relates to AI data surveillance 
  • Research race and biometric identification biases 
  • Research how facial recognition technology, geo-location monitoring and AI sleuthing software violate, limit and/or infringe on their rights 
  • Research collegiate and school district AI policies to determine whether their biometric information and/or social media is monitored or influenced by AI software
  • Create an AI policy based on researching local colleges or other districts with a policy
  • Examine the European AI policy outline to help develop their own “kid-friendly” policy to present to their campus 
  •  Explore  “advanced search” for social media (i.e. Tik-Tok, X [formerly Twitter], and Instagram/FB), including how to block or focus on key phrases
  • Ask AI for an algorithm to prevent spying/monitoring of their social media name
  • Employ data and reporting to debate the moral and ethical ramifications of AI use in a variety of contexts 
  • Suggest AI policies as a result of research, analysis and debate

Performance Task:

Using inspiration from all the articles analyzed throughout the unit, students will in groups to craft and present a new AI policy. Once developed, students will present their policy in a class-wide debate

Assessment:

Formative Assessment:

As a daily exit ticket, students will create a policy/procedure regarding AI usage/governance to contribute to the total list of policies/procedures to be adopted by their campus.

  • Assessment for Video: Listening Comprehension Assessment from Anonymity video [.pdf][.docx]

Discussion Grading Rubric [.pdf][.docx]

Performance Task:

Using inspiration from all the articles analyzed throughout the unit, students will in groups to craft and present a new AI policy. Once developed, students will present their policy in a classwide debate.

AI Visual Presentation Rubric [.pdf][.docx]

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